Seoha’s POV 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"Again" an order is given by grandfather Kang.

Crash!

Another loud noise follows the first, and I don’t look back till I get to Taesan, I already know what to expect.

"Taesan..." I whisper my love’s name.

Being here with him makes me realize...I really do love him, how was I able to stay away from him like that?

"Wake up...Taesan" I whisper again, unable to see through the tears blurring my vision.

His skin feels clammy to the touch and I just want to get him out of here as soon as possible.

"Look at him, so in love that he doesn’t care about his own mother" the old Kang says and I look over my shoulder for the first time.

It’s completely shattered, no wonder Hanbin told me to say my goodbye.

My mother’s old guitar is broken at his feet like it was taken from a junkyard.

The instrument had been hit against the floor, and the impact was so much that it’s broken.

No use crying over spilt milk..different fragments of the wood are spread out across the ground.

"Ah...find the password" Taesan’s grandfather orders his men and they get to their knees, sorting through the broken wood.

And as I lift Taesan’s head to rest him on my lap, the old man chuckles, dark and deep.

"Jaemin, lock the door" he says.

"Yes" the idol, my former idol, the man I used to look up to says.

"No! You can’t do that, Taesan is too hurt to be locked up" I yell and Taesan’s grandfather smiles at me without care.

"And so?" he asks and my jaw drops in disbelief.

"You...I gave you what you wanted" I say with a cracked voice and the man hums.

"I never promised to let you go" he grins at me.

"Please..." I start to beg, I’m not ashamed to beg for Taesan’s life right now.

"I have what I want, the boy is no longer useful to me" the old man says and nods his chin at Jaemin.

"Besides, I already have the perfect heir, and Sooin will be a great weapon" he says with pride and I growl at the mention of the child.

I keep holding on to Taesan while growling at the man.

"Don’t you dare touch that girl! Don’t you dare" I plead and Jaemin comes closer, already coming to shut the door on the older man’s order.

Desperate for help, I choose to go low and beg the pup’s own mother.

An omega should have compassion for the child they birthed...right?

"Jaemin-ssi, Jaemin-ssi please, Sooin needs her father" I plead with the idol and he shrugs.

"Many children do fine without their fathers" he says and squats at the door.

His red hair falls into his eye and he moves it away, smiling softly before he speaks: "you turned out well without your father didn’t you?" he asks and I shake my head.

He doesn’t look like the man I idolized, the perfect omega superstar that I spent money on, I watched every show he was on...and was never like this.

"You...Taesan loved you" I hiss at him and his eyes seem to dim for a moment, like he thought of something but the brightness returns.

"Yes, yes he did" he says and straightens up.

"But love isn’t worth it, not when you’re trying to survive" he adds and slams the door shut.

How can someone be like this? This is the reason Taesan found it difficult to accept me.

I pull the phone in my pocket out and press it to my ear.

Junho has been on the call all along

Hanbin gave me his phone, he said he had a plan, leaving Junho on the call to listen in and plan a rescue.

"Junho hyung" I say, listening for his reply.

"Sooin is safe" he says and I sigh, dropping my tensed shoulders in relief.

Thank goodness.

"Taesan...he’s barely breathing" I inform him and the beta on the other end of the call curses.

"He’ll be okay, he has endured worse" he says and I cup my alpha’s face.

Why doesn’t anyone worry like I do? He’s a strong man, but he’s still human.

"Hurry" I whisper.

The alpha’s eyes are shut, he is slowly starting to lose color, he looks so pale that it scares me.

I hope Junho makes it here in time.

"Just hold on" Junho says and I sniffle again, dropping the phone to the floor.

With concern, I bend forward just enough to seek his scent gland, and position myself so that his nose is pressed into my own scent gland.

"Please..."

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve said that word, but I pray to the moon goddess while nosing at my bite mark on his neck.

Like the one on mine, it has scarred, but it’s still beautiful...still, precious.

The proof of how we own each other.

"Please moon goddess, don’t let me lose him" I whisper and I feel him draw in sharp breath.

"I don’t believe in the moon goddess" Taesan says in a rough voice, and I sit up straight immediately, eyes brimming with tears.

"Taesan!" I say his name with relief, and I lean over him again, just pressing my face into his dirty shirt...it looks like an older person’s sleep shirt.

Like my grandpa’s.

His heart is beating slowly, and his scent is weak, but it’s there.

I want to slap him, I want to kiss him, I want to kill him for hurting himself like this.

"Why did you come here?" the alpha asks with a weak, but angry tone, and I really just want to punch him.

"Why did you come here? I said you should come home" I ask him in return and he groans, pressing his head backwards into my lap.

"I didn’t want to involve you in my mess" he says, he sounds so weak that I almost didn’t hear him.

"Fuck" he curses and my throat closes up.

"I’m yours, remember? I will always be involved in your mess Kang Taesan" I say and he shuts his eyes again.

"I’m yours, Seoha...I’m yours" he says and for a second it seems like he has stopped breathing.